Heavy Order From Britain For Bacon And Hams Must Be Filled By Canada
Britain will take 600 million pounds of Canadian pork in 1942 plus 150 million pounds of cheese as Canada meets a wartime order. The 1941 program sent 425 million pounds of bacon and hams. 100,000 hogs weekly are needed to sustain deliveries. Egg production also supports Britain with 60 million dozen plus potential increases.
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Britain
Canada
Dominion
United Kingdom
United States
Agriculture Department
Department
Dairy Products Board
Ontario
Quebec
British Food Ministry
Montreal
Empire
Canadian
Canadian Bacon Board
Merchant Seaman Bartley Rejoins Sea Service After Royal Meeting
Seaman Charles Bartley 49 of the Royal Navy attributes his return to the merchant service to a royal audience with King George and Queen Elizabeth during a visit to the Pioneer Corps. He recalled his earlier failed attempts to join the merchant service and noted the conversation with the King spurred his reentry to sea duty. Sir Edward Evans listened as Bartley described his wartime service on HMS Collingwood and the Queens inquiry into his absence from merchant seafaring. Within weeks of the meeting, Bartley resumed sea service, saying everything turned around after the initial difficulties.
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George Charles Bartley
Royal Navy
H.M.S. Collingwood
King George
Bartley
Pioneer Corps
Queen Elizabeth
Sir Edward Evans
H.M.S
Collingwood
Sir Edward
Princess Ramsay Donates Blood for Soldiers and Victims
Princess Patricia Ramsay daughter of the Duke of Connaught and granddaughter of Queen Victoria donated half a pint of blood for wounded soldiers and air raid victims, the gesture aligning with royal wartime relief efforts.
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Patricia Ramsay
Duke of Connaught
Canada
Queen Victoria
Plums Used as Pickles in Most Japanese Homes
In Japan plums are commonly used as pickles and nearly every household stores them. The practice reflects a widespread household tradition across regions.
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Japan
Prefers Hills Prospector Not Yet Ready To Return
Sam Cleland a 77 year old prospector who drifted into Wells British Columbia after 12 years in the hills says he will not stay in civilization long and plans to return to the mountains. He recalls fighting at Vimy Ridge in the first Great War and questions the present war between Britain and Germany. He has not seen another person since 1932 and fears remain in the hills.
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Sam Cleland
Wells
B.C
Mountain Goat” Country
Cleland
Vimy Ridge
Peace River Country
British Columbia
Britain
Germany
Curious Laundry Tag Describes Fat Man
A customer confronts a laundryman about a parcel label. The tag reads "lt'l fat man who never smile" as an odd description carved into the item, prompting curiosity about its meaning and identity.
Scots engineer excels in new shell forging methods
A young Coatbridge, Lanarkshire engineer has invented new forging techniques that officials say dramatically accelerate shell production in Britain. The method, described as astonishing, marks a significant boost to wartime industry and national defense.
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Coatbridge
Lanarkshire
Britain
Tiny four millionths inch bullet shaped influenza agent found
Researchers describe a microscopic four millionths inch protein particle linked to human influenza. They state it is nonliving yet replicates in tissue and may drive vaccine development. Experiments by University of Pennsylvania doctors Chambers and Henle show these particles attach to larger particles, aiding spread.
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Philosophical Society
Leslie A. Chambers
Werner Henle
Eldridge Reeves Johnson Research Foundation
University of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
Bone China Secret Revealed in Historic Trade Tale
A London Listener excerpt recounts how bone china gained translucency as European potters learned from Chinese craft. It notes bone content about 50 percent and a French missionary tale that spurred English potters to add real bones to wares.
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China
Europe
London
Brockington to speak in England as Ottawa adviser resigns
The Ottawa Journal reports L. W. Brockington will resign as War Cabinet special adviser and fly bomber to England to address British workers in munitions factories and the BBC. He will settle in Ottawa as a permanent resident and continue war work while practicing law. The piece notes praise for his eloquent use of language and public service.
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L. W. Brockington
War Cabinet
England
BBC
United States
Brockington
Britain
Ottawa
Ottawa Journal
War ace Tuck tests Cobra in Buffalo
RAF ace Wing Commander Roland S. S. Tuck tests a Rel Aira cobra in Buffalo and says wartime habits persist. He notes he keeps scanning for non existent enemy planes while flying above the Niagara River, recalling reflexes from the English Channel and France.
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America
Buffalo
English Channel
France
Roland S. S. Tuck
Niagara River
Knitted Chair Set Pattern 7109 Promises Praise
This pattern describes knitting a two needle chair set offered as an inexpensive, unique gift. It includes stitch illustrations and instructions, with a photograph and materials list, attributed to a Winnipeg department outlet.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
Book Pubes
Farmer Specializes in Cob Pipe Corn in Missouri
J. G. Gray of Clay County Missouri raises corn cobs not for grain but for pipe making. Last summer he produced 7 000 bushels of cobs and expects about 360 000 good cobs this year with each cob making roughly three pipes. He has a 21 year farming career and a 15 year cob pipe crop specialty. Gray sells all his cobs to a Washington Missouri cob pipe company under contract.
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J. G. Gray
Clay County
Missouri
Gray
Washington
Duke of Gloucester Ends Gibraltar Visit First Royal Return Since 1937
The Duke of Gloucester has returned to England after a week in Gibraltar his first experience of The Rock He is the first royal to visit since 1937 Every aspect of life on The Rock was inspected as he toured the country homes of prominent Spanish residents.
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Duke of Gloucester
England
Gibraltar
the Rock
Resi
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